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washington wants a much more determined to take over leadership of the problem has. radical jihadi it's. all in the opposition ranks where the former syrian prime minister defected from the assad regime in august has been put on this new u.s. opposition leadership list but by doing that doesn't washington risk being accused of controlling events from the outside rather than syria decide it for themselves though of course the the mantra in washington was don't lead from behind the words don't get us the record involved as we saw during libya but this is clearly not working in syria and it will become series of terrible. we the french was a little busy trying to cobble their or own group together led by another defecting of defecting general general tell us and then has worked for the french very good at this kind of thing much better than the americans so right now we've got a revolution without of leadership or certainly a record credible leadership one of eventually covered fourteen wars a lot of them a guerrilla wars a third world and i've seen how hard it is one h
washington wants a much more determined to take over leadership of the problem has. radical jihadi it's. all in the opposition ranks where the former syrian prime minister defected from the assad regime in august has been put on this new u.s. opposition leadership list but by doing that doesn't washington risk being accused of controlling events from the outside rather than syria decide it for themselves though of course the the mantra in washington was don't lead from behind the words don't...
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to cross out the war on drugs i'm joined by peter how come in washington he's president emeritus and a senior fellow at the interim merican dialogue and in boston we have kevin so bad he is director of the drug policy institute at the university of florida and a former white house senior adviser under rug policy are gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to come and i am i to go to you i mean talk about colorado is talking about washington i mean the perception outside of the united states is that the united states is legalizing it at home but continuing the war on drugs in mexico so how do you square the circle. well i mean you know colorado and washington had votes but frankly federal law is still supreme in what federal laws and this is what president obama has said numerous times is that marijuana still illegal so i think the message to the world is that just because two states decided to legalize marijuana that this is really going to be caught up in the courts for a while and this is really the beginning of the conversation and not be an
to cross out the war on drugs i'm joined by peter how come in washington he's president emeritus and a senior fellow at the interim merican dialogue and in boston we have kevin so bad he is director of the drug policy institute at the university of florida and a former white house senior adviser under rug policy are gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to come and i am i to go to you i mean talk about colorado is talking about washington i mean the...
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sends an air force to touch meant to serve as warplanes in poland which had pressed washington for a security guarantee against its perceived threat from russia also to your u.s. lawmakers reportedly now preparing new sweeping sanctions against iran targeting is foreign business transactions top of the latest round of restrictions imposed by president obama just after is reelected to the white house strains why do we have between america and iran to the pentagon revealed a rainy and jets fired of a u.s. drone flying over runs coast only last week. president obama's first moves after he won reelection have pretty much indicated that in the next four years he will aggressively pursue the idea of the u.s. being the world police ministration has imposed financial sanctions against the iranian of the u.s. planes were jamming satellite broadcast and blocking internet access any rain that comes on top of a whole bunch of other sanctions that had been put in place by the u.s. which are proved to be crippling for the iranian economy and the population there is suffering a great deal because o
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well i'm john berman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. when the democratic party do best with what it champions the progressive policies and causes that will build a stronger america for the fiscal cliff negotiations heating up will democrats heed the advice of f.d.r. and stick to the party's progressive roots also last wednesday washington and colorado became the first two states to legalize marijuana much to the joy of college students in both states but is president obama ready to stop nixon's failed war on drugs and allow college campuses to go green and california law says that corporations are people so shouldn't you be able to drive in the highway carpool lane just you and your incorporation papers by yourself. you need to know this the biggest message out of the two thousand and twelve election that you'll never hear from the corporate media is this that americans believe and voted to affirm that believe that government can be a solution to the problems we face the government can do good things and that ronald reagan was wrong. am
well i'm john berman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. when the democratic party do best with what it champions the progressive policies and causes that will build a stronger america for the fiscal cliff negotiations heating up will democrats heed the advice of f.d.r. and stick to the party's progressive roots also last wednesday washington and colorado became the first two states to legalize marijuana much to the joy of college students in both states...
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what do you think about what the people in colorado and washington have done recently in the last election well given the choices and frankly i think kevin. has put them out there that that's the choice that we seem to have a lot of collateral damage or legalization and i would like to see a more nuanced approach but frankly from what i see. i would have voted for legalization in both elections like i say i think the damage that we're currently inflicting on young people in the it's this country the damage that's going on in latin america that i don't think that i think kevin is absolutely right this is the beginning of a conversation i very much hope that the united states will look at its drug war overseas and open up that conversation with the latin americans in a very serious way to look at the current policy and the alternatives ok i would have voted for legalization ok how do you react to that kevin because i mean the war on drugs as people call it do you think it's a success i mean we go through a lot of the issues related to the who use that right right you know the only people tha
what do you think about what the people in colorado and washington have done recently in the last election well given the choices and frankly i think kevin. has put them out there that that's the choice that we seem to have a lot of collateral damage or legalization and i would like to see a more nuanced approach but frankly from what i see. i would have voted for legalization in both elections like i say i think the damage that we're currently inflicting on young people in the it's this...
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well it was very close thank you for having me glad to be here in washington is doing just fine with the election behind us now even though it's only been a day i can tell you that it was very close at the leaf lord it still hasn't come in yet but the the two candidates were only about two million votes apart which isn't very much now clearly obama had over three hundred electoral votes and romney had about two hundred that's even without florida but the die was cast at about midnight one o'clock eastern standard time and the president was reelected some say that obama's victory was more of a protest vote against romney what would you say to that. well i do think that the republican party and romney had some extreme positions but historically governor romney from the state of massachusetts was a moderate governor and his party pushed him to more conservative views and i do think that that appeal to the tea party. members of the republican party would appeal to more conservative white male and female voters evangelicals and quite frankly what put obama over the top and by many account
well it was very close thank you for having me glad to be here in washington is doing just fine with the election behind us now even though it's only been a day i can tell you that it was very close at the leaf lord it still hasn't come in yet but the the two candidates were only about two million votes apart which isn't very much now clearly obama had over three hundred electoral votes and romney had about two hundred that's even without florida but the die was cast at about midnight one...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these your headlines for wednesday november fourteenth two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama is reportedly looking for one point six trillion dollars and more revenue for uncle sam when he goes into those fiscal cliff negotiations on friday that's double what was talked about with g.o.p. leaders in the summer of two thousand and eleven according to the wall street journal so he is doubling down. and i'll bring everyone in to show that right away so we can give folks some short lived for the holy see. we shall see about that but in the meantime the fiscal cliff is surpassed the eurozone crisis as the top concern for business leaders but was there a decision made recently they diverted a pro long recession for western economies and we just haven't heard much about it chris whalen senior managing director of capital partners is here with an answer and to analyze impending threats and could housing be the antidote to the fiscal cliff it has been suggested as more and more se
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these your headlines for wednesday november fourteenth two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama is reportedly looking for one point six trillion dollars and more revenue for uncle sam when he goes into those fiscal cliff negotiations on friday that's double what was talked about with g.o.p. leaders in the summer of two thousand and eleven according to the wall street journal so he is doubling down....
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and as the west pledges to work for call between the warring sides we'll look at why washington show sympathy for this is the billions being killed in some parts of the middle east not so much in others. this is our day coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie israel's bombardment of gaza has intensified overnight despite talk of a pending cease fire the number of palestinians killed in the weeklong offensive now exceeds one hundred forty was more than a thousand people want it just take a look at how the tragedy in gaza has unfolded in recent days but be aware that these images are upsetting. the border no no no no no no no this is the law that it will. throw. now israeli bombs hitting in residential districts and killing civilians are a daily reality in gaza what's more media compounds and reporters are also increasingly becoming a target for israeli forces we now talk to harry fear who is in gaza for us why are we here or that along with the civilian casualties there are those trying to report the conflict to a wider world are also being killed and the strikes how did that hap
and as the west pledges to work for call between the warring sides we'll look at why washington show sympathy for this is the billions being killed in some parts of the middle east not so much in others. this is our day coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie israel's bombardment of gaza has intensified overnight despite talk of a pending cease fire the number of palestinians killed in the weeklong offensive now exceeds one hundred forty was more than a thousand people want it just take a...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday november second two thousand and twelve jobs numbers for october show the unemployment rate inching up a tenth of a percent to seven point nine percent but this is because more people entered the labor force which may be a good sign and payrolls climbed more than forecast so are we seeing incremental improvements on the labor front how sustainable is it given all the stimulus measures in place since two thousand and eight and what do wages indicate about an economic recovery or lack thereof we'll talk about it and today the buzz is the labor department's report yesterday it was the private a.d.p. jobs report reportedly showing companies expanding payrolls the most in eight months now these numbers get so much buzz when they come out less so when revisions are later released what can we learn from a.d.p. is revisionist history that could temper our expectations and from superstorm sandy's price gouging to catastrophe bonds to why you would citizens d
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday november second two thousand and twelve jobs numbers for october show the unemployment rate inching up a tenth of a percent to seven point nine percent but this is because more people entered the labor force which may be a good sign and payrolls climbed more than forecast so are we seeing incremental improvements on the labor front how sustainable is it given all the...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm laurin lister here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for november first two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama returns to the campaign trail for the first time today post sandy but does it matter as we head into the last few days before the presidential election on tuesday will the next president whoever it is preside over an empire of debt that is past the point of no return well bill bonner best selling author and a bore if a natural founder is here to tell us what he thinks and improving better the next estimated u.s. economic data pushes stocks higher today at least so say the headlines initial jobless claims and consumer confidence are included in that batch of numbers out today but what exactly do they mean what is in these numbers calculated by economists that supposedly show the economy.
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm laurin lister here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for november first two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama returns to the campaign trail for the first time today post sandy but does it matter as we head into the last few days before the presidential election on tuesday will the next president whoever it is preside over an empire of debt that is past the point of no return well bill bonner best selling author and a bore if...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november twentieth two thousand and twelve the securities and exchange commission is expanding and enforcing the probe intensifying scrutiny of the exchanges the f.c.c. is looking more closely reportedly at how they develop new products communicate with investors and provide incentives to trade this is all according to the wall street journal and heart stems from a probe order types a number of which benefit high frequency traders sounder air can say there is here to help us read through this and speaking of high frequency trading australia is clamping down australian media outlets report federal officials announced changes to market rules including mandatory kill switches for algorithmic trading to avoid you know us style flash crash down under our other countries ahead of the new whilst small disgusts and navigating the post-election economy i moderated a panel on the issue take a look behind me malden economics featuring john malden bluebirds ri
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november twentieth two thousand and twelve the securities and exchange commission is expanding and enforcing the probe intensifying scrutiny of the exchanges the f.c.c. is looking more closely reportedly at how they develop new products communicate with investors and provide incentives to trade this is all according to the wall street journal and heart stems from a probe...
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fiscal cliff i'm joined by edward harrison in washington he is the founder of credit write downs also in washington we have mark levine he is a senior advisor with the truman national security project and in new york we cross to anthony rideout so he is the director of economic research for the reason foundation all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and what if i go to you first in washington give us the magnitude of the fiscal cliff ok a lot is being talked about it what happens if we go over the cliff doesn't sound like something good to happen. there you know there are three or four things that can have been terms of tax cuts and spending cuts tax increases and spending cuts and the total amount if we were to do absolutely nothing would be about six hundred billion dollars in a fifteen trillion dollar economy so quite severe it would definitely go into recession would be a severe recession it would be a very bad thing for the economy ok mark how do you come into this i mean hasn't the market price this into some degree. i don't th
fiscal cliff i'm joined by edward harrison in washington he is the founder of credit write downs also in washington we have mark levine he is a senior advisor with the truman national security project and in new york we cross to anthony rideout so he is the director of economic research for the reason foundation all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and what if i go to you first in washington give us the magnitude of the fiscal cliff ok a lot...
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well i mean you know colorado and washington had votes but frankly federal law is still supreme in what federal laws and this is what president obama has said numerous times is that marijuana still illegal so i think the message to the world is that just because two states decided to legalize marijuana that this is really going to be caught up in the courts for a while and this is really the beginning of the conversation and not be and you know unfortunately voters were sold a false choice between prohibition on one side and super in force and criminalization and legalization on the other side and the reality is that the this is actually a false choice this is not between legalization or prohibition you can actually have a kind of policy that it's much more nuanced than that ok peter in washington what do you think about what the people in colorado and washington have done recently in the last election well given the choices and frankly i think kevin. has put them out there that that's the choice that we seem to have a lot of collateral damage or legalization and i would like to see a m
well i mean you know colorado and washington had votes but frankly federal law is still supreme in what federal laws and this is what president obama has said numerous times is that marijuana still illegal so i think the message to the world is that just because two states decided to legalize marijuana that this is really going to be caught up in the courts for a while and this is really the beginning of the conversation and not be and you know unfortunately voters were sold a false choice...
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called a petition just a little you that is a very sad story for washington and it doesn't bear good sides with the future. some of today's news stories this hour on a series of violent attacks across karate in pakistan have claimed more than twenty four lives wounding dozens more gunmen on motorcycles had carried out several targeted killings with a magazine editor and find students said to be among the victims the motives are being investigated and there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks sectarian political and ethnic violence in the city has killed around one hundred people this month alone. there's been a mass anti-nuclear energy rally in japan with thousands gathering in front of the parliament in tokyo all the country's reactors were shut down after at last year's fukushima disaster but two plants were later reopened to help cope with the severe power shortages before the accident caused by the earthquakes and tsunamis a third of japan's electricity it was made from a nuclear power. well coming up we'll look at those signing up to serve uncle sam in ju
called a petition just a little you that is a very sad story for washington and it doesn't bear good sides with the future. some of today's news stories this hour on a series of violent attacks across karate in pakistan have claimed more than twenty four lives wounding dozens more gunmen on motorcycles had carried out several targeted killings with a magazine editor and find students said to be among the victims the motives are being investigated and there's been no immediate claim of...
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good afternoon and welcome to capital like out i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november sixth two thousand and twelve the u.s. presidential elections are today along with elections for hundreds of lawmakers for everything in the house of representatives and some in the senate will discuss what opposed to election economy may look like with credit write downs founder edward terrorists and and europe may be an example of what happens when you cut spending without writing down the debt so far the u.s. is postpone financial reckoning day by ramping up the presses but how much longer can do is continue plus the u.s. fiscal cliff has people worried about a u.s. recession if washington does nothing meanwhile in france president francois hollande is. pressure to reform the economy loosening labor laws for example reuters says he's expected to brush aside the prescriptions from an i.m.f. and also a government commission report our elected politicians just universally aligned and not wanting to make that tough decisions we'll discuss l
good afternoon and welcome to capital like out i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november sixth two thousand and twelve the u.s. presidential elections are today along with elections for hundreds of lawmakers for everything in the house of representatives and some in the senate will discuss what opposed to election economy may look like with credit write downs founder edward terrorists and and europe may be an example of what happens when you cut...
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at a time being still washington is putting a lot of. efforts to making a lot of efforts also to reassure china that is not trying to derail its growth but to some degree control it to make it manageable and then i. like to take issue with go ahead thirty seconds before going to go ahead well i think we just have to yes the united states is reassuring china but if there is a domestic opposition in china similar to what happened in iran in two thousand and nine or what happened in syria or what happened in china in one nine hundred eighty nine with tiananmen you'll see that the whole western media and the us government turned suddenly sharply to support that opposition against the chinese communist party that's an underlying part of the politics and i think the chinese government knows that ok brian let me jump in gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that sharp continue our discussion on china stay with our. sacred laboratory in the caribbean was to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't
at a time being still washington is putting a lot of. efforts to making a lot of efforts also to reassure china that is not trying to derail its growth but to some degree control it to make it manageable and then i. like to take issue with go ahead thirty seconds before going to go ahead well i think we just have to yes the united states is reassuring china but if there is a domestic opposition in china similar to what happened in iran in two thousand and nine or what happened in syria or what...
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going to let your you know in washington you touch every single time i go ahead peter in washington had what seems to me is that the legalization is in some sense should be taken by washington and and anybody who is in favor of prohibition as an alarm that people there has been no response so the call for alternatives i look at latin america i've been working. in there for forty years and the way the u.s. goes about dealing with the drug problem drug issues in latin america is similar to the way it was done thirty years ago look at the us in honduras recently it's just so similar to the way we dealt with bolivia and peru thirty years ago that's just and the latin americans have never been able to get the attention of the united states to look at alternatives carol and i and reading into that read it a little ization is not opposed thumbprints a little but they're not looking at us as simply refused any idea of a debate discussion and now they're ringing the alarm bells and the only way to get washington's attention i think there is to be used i mean i think they're going to say i should
going to let your you know in washington you touch every single time i go ahead peter in washington had what seems to me is that the legalization is in some sense should be taken by washington and and anybody who is in favor of prohibition as an alarm that people there has been no response so the call for alternatives i look at latin america i've been working. in there for forty years and the way the u.s. goes about dealing with the drug problem drug issues in latin america is similar to the...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. in the zeer headlines for monday november fifth two thousand and twelve bond speculators doubled their long exposure to u.s. ten year treasuries last week says reuters reporting the f.t.c. data while bloggers from zero hedge say this marks the highest position since march of two thousand and eight we'll hear from hedge fund portfolio advisor grant williams on what might be driving this move will also talk about what you want the elections and the fiscal cliff look like from asia where he does his pondering most of the time and.
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. in the zeer headlines for monday november fifth two thousand and twelve bond speculators doubled their long exposure to u.s. ten year treasuries last week says reuters reporting the f.t.c. data while bloggers from zero hedge say this marks the highest position since march of two thousand and eight we'll hear from hedge fund portfolio advisor grant williams on what might be driving this move will also talk about...
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going to thanks very much indeed for that let's cross now from washington to new york a marine is there we've also heard about ongoing voting problems in the northeast maria tell us more about. that's right the first duration that's being expressed in states along the northeast has much more to do from what i'm hearing about the voting process in the aftermath of hurricane sandy and the damage she has caused in new york in new jersey hundreds of voting pools have been wiped out as a result we're seeing long long lines throughout new york and new jersey lots of people lighting up over crowding just to cast their ballot but there's also been a mounting amount of problems in manhattan for example there have been voting delays reported because election officials couldn't find ballot cards and scanners weren't working properly in staten island where tens of thousands at least ten thousand if not more are still living without electricity those people were seen voting by flashlight voting by paper ballots military trucks have also been set up throughout new york and new jersey as make shift po
going to thanks very much indeed for that let's cross now from washington to new york a marine is there we've also heard about ongoing voting problems in the northeast maria tell us more about. that's right the first duration that's being expressed in states along the northeast has much more to do from what i'm hearing about the voting process in the aftermath of hurricane sandy and the damage she has caused in new york in new jersey hundreds of voting pools have been wiped out as a result...
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fit or suppressing democracy as we've all so often seen washington do where is the u.s. get the right to be doing all this i mean if we want to talk about democracy it was in two thousand and nine that a pew research center poll of americans said forty nine percent of americans almost half think that the u.s. should quote mind its own business around the world and leave countries to their own interests and let them get along as best they can on the rhone that's a quote from the poll if we're so interested with democracy why don't we pay attention to half of america who thinks that meddling in other countries and trying to shape certain outcomes and basically you know having dominion over the world and having control over which countries go which way is not the right kind of foreign policy that just government should have i think we should go you know look to the founders into washington's farewell address we have no right to be meddling in so many countries controlling their governments and trying to shape what outcome they see charles you want to feel that go ahead. cha
fit or suppressing democracy as we've all so often seen washington do where is the u.s. get the right to be doing all this i mean if we want to talk about democracy it was in two thousand and nine that a pew research center poll of americans said forty nine percent of americans almost half think that the u.s. should quote mind its own business around the world and leave countries to their own interests and let them get along as best they can on the rhone that's a quote from the poll if we're so...
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and minnesota of course three of them maryland mean and washington said yes to gay marriage minnesota said no to a ban on gay marriage but the fact that this is a historic vote was this was the first time when this issue was considered through popular vote and this is an issue that's been pushed through a popular vote unlike the previous cases of. court rulings so this is really giving a new boost to this conversation to the issue of same sex marriage because now it's turned into an issue from the people versus the politicians and the judges it's the people deciding on this and certainly with these new votes that we saw come out this tuesday certainly is a sign that u.s. society is definitely becoming a lot more socially liberal we know that according to a gallup poll house of american support same sex marriage so if the system were to work somewhat differently for example the u.s. were to throw a federal referendum it's quite possible that this issue would just become a non-issue all together. on a federal basis instead of being decided on a state by state level but still this is a b
and minnesota of course three of them maryland mean and washington said yes to gay marriage minnesota said no to a ban on gay marriage but the fact that this is a historic vote was this was the first time when this issue was considered through popular vote and this is an issue that's been pushed through a popular vote unlike the previous cases of. court rulings so this is really giving a new boost to this conversation to the issue of same sex marriage because now it's turned into an issue from...
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correspondent in washington. gaza shows no let up despite talk of pending ceasefire but the current standoff between israel and hamas goes beyond deadly attacks and diplomatic wrangles of course even spreading to the internet. explains. the latest military conflict in the gaza strip may go down in history as the first war ever declared on twitter the official account of the israeli defense force announced the start of the pillar of defense operation and one of those literally told the enemy to run and hide but later hamas had their say using similar war rhetoric this exchange has been retreated thousands of times since and numbers do matter on twitter through hits likes replies and reach weeds more people than ever before turned to social media and the question is who is winning this online warfare and numbers speak for themselves according to the hashtags dot org website the gods are under attack crash tag is ten times more popular than israel under fire pray for gaza is twenty times more popular than pray for i
correspondent in washington. gaza shows no let up despite talk of pending ceasefire but the current standoff between israel and hamas goes beyond deadly attacks and diplomatic wrangles of course even spreading to the internet. explains. the latest military conflict in the gaza strip may go down in history as the first war ever declared on twitter the official account of the israeli defense force announced the start of the pillar of defense operation and one of those literally told the enemy to...
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in the united states and washington the various islamic organizations that dominate in the us but when they come into power they put a lot grip on power it is socially establish an islamic dictatorship the sense of betrayal and disappointment has not left the street so tunisia the first country to witness an arab spring uprising unemployment there skyrocketed in the wake of the revolution and is now at eighteen percent. our demands are the same as those that have been made during the revolution we want jobs development in the region and the equitable sharing of wealth we also demand the dismissal of the governor who has done nothing for this region but it's comprised the development here as the arab spring unfolded less than two years ago the obama administration jumped on the bandwagon of the revolutions hoping to forge better alliances with the new leaders . in libya the u.s. prompted the change with airstrikes and arms supplies were seen policymakers here in washington trying very hard to present the arab spring as a success story up until september washington had the revolution in
in the united states and washington the various islamic organizations that dominate in the us but when they come into power they put a lot grip on power it is socially establish an islamic dictatorship the sense of betrayal and disappointment has not left the street so tunisia the first country to witness an arab spring uprising unemployment there skyrocketed in the wake of the revolution and is now at eighteen percent. our demands are the same as those that have been made during the revolution...
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venue for the next presidential debate with the alternative candidates in this election our studio in washington d.c. though it's not very big as you can see will make sure there is lots of room for discussion on issues that some hope don't fit into the mainstream media discourse here alternatives to obama and romney have effectively been pushed out of the major national debates we ask how and why. pushed out and quite literally jule styne presidential nominee from the green party was the. all. the day of the second presidential debate between mitt romney and barack obama in middle school were right outside the venue where it took place she was there protesting her exclusion from the debate we were tightly bound with plastic restraints and tied to chairs for eight hours for daring to stand up and demand open debates turn out of presidential candidates had their own debate in chicago they brought up issues which the big party candidates never came close to discussing like the legislation signed by president obama which allows the government to indefinitely detain american citizens without charge
venue for the next presidential debate with the alternative candidates in this election our studio in washington d.c. though it's not very big as you can see will make sure there is lots of room for discussion on issues that some hope don't fit into the mainstream media discourse here alternatives to obama and romney have effectively been pushed out of the major national debates we ask how and why. pushed out and quite literally jule styne presidential nominee from the green party was the. all....
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susan lindauer on the line from washington d.c. bolling susan so go reportedly the entire investigation was started by an f.b.i. agent so infatuated with jill kelley that he said topless pictures of himself do you think the f.b.i. was within its rights to expose the cia director's involvement in this scandal i'm sure you've got some thoughts on. oh i do it's a juicy story what's happening in washington is we're discovering the f.b.i. motivation was not so pure is they've tried to make it sound general allen for example has vehemently denied having an affair with kelly he says that he was writing letters home. to a friend. and general betray us his girlfriend he didn't have a girlfriend but the f.b.i. lived when they said that she was sending threatening e-mails to a rival it turns out something very different happened the f.b.i. made up and made up the story. the the rival was the general petraeus is girlfriend was actually sending anonymous e-mails declaring that kelly was uppity and that she was exceeding her station on the base
susan lindauer on the line from washington d.c. bolling susan so go reportedly the entire investigation was started by an f.b.i. agent so infatuated with jill kelley that he said topless pictures of himself do you think the f.b.i. was within its rights to expose the cia director's involvement in this scandal i'm sure you've got some thoughts on. oh i do it's a juicy story what's happening in washington is we're discovering the f.b.i. motivation was not so pure is they've tried to make it sound...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday november twenty ninth two thousand and twelve in washington not all deadlines are as pressing as those in the fiscal cliff the date for the final draft of the volcker rule has been pushed out according to the m.p.c. from the end of year to possibly the first quarter of two thousand and thirteen does this simply leave more time for bank lobbying wins like the one scored from the treasury treasury over foreign exchange swaps during this transition out for timothy geithner bob english is here to talk about it all from the south beach plus third quarter g.d.p. growth was revised up to two point seven percent up from the two percent gain previously reported by the commerce department and just short of expectations now reports are that this gain could reverse but more important than that should we put stock in g.d.p. as a measure of the economy's health at all we'll discuss and earlier this week we asked financial commentator peter schiff about his hype
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday november twenty ninth two thousand and twelve in washington not all deadlines are as pressing as those in the fiscal cliff the date for the final draft of the volcker rule has been pushed out according to the m.p.c. from the end of year to possibly the first quarter of two thousand and thirteen does this simply leave more time for bank lobbying wins like the one scored from...
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finally put the kybosh on let's organize a rally on a saturday in washington d.c. when everything is closed and people come from around the country and spend a lot of money to walk around in a circle and come home to see. what . people. think it was by a certain degree much. i guess what you say. no longer represents the people the people organizing the term. thank you. thank. you thank you. thank you. for. i. five thirty in the morning is a comedy on most mornings early in the occupy wall street movement there would only be about fifty maybe two hundred or so occupying the space but it's five thirty in the morning on the morning of october fourteenth two thousand and eleven several thousand people were gathered there wide awake why because mayor mike bloomberg had declared that his own personal army his words the n.y.p.d. constituting the seventh largest army in the world would have dict occupy wall street and these thousands were there not just in solidarity they were there are more than ideas and cardboard signs and an urgency to protect me and many of them were
finally put the kybosh on let's organize a rally on a saturday in washington d.c. when everything is closed and people come from around the country and spend a lot of money to walk around in a circle and come home to see. what . people. think it was by a certain degree much. i guess what you say. no longer represents the people the people organizing the term. thank you. thank. you thank you. thank you. for. i. five thirty in the morning is a comedy on most mornings early in the occupy wall...
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i don't think washington well why washington isn't really an independent player the israeli lobby dominates american middle east policy and does not want stability in the middle east now it's true that there is a faction here in the us realists associated with and associated to a certain extent with the obama administration that is willing to sacrifice israeli interest for stability that faction does support moderate islamist movements such as the muslim brotherhood in egypt and president morsi so it's not a question of there being one voice in washington that is trying to achieve any particular goal it's actually a factional spew here but i i think the real winners are overall less bad alternative and frankly i personally would like to see egypt become more stable and i would like to see president morsi succeed after all president morsi is one of the five or six world heads of state who was folk in element seven nine eleven was an inside job to me that tells me that he's a man of integrity dr kevin barrett we'll leave it there thank you very much indeed for your perceptions on this thank y
i don't think washington well why washington isn't really an independent player the israeli lobby dominates american middle east policy and does not want stability in the middle east now it's true that there is a faction here in the us realists associated with and associated to a certain extent with the obama administration that is willing to sacrifice israeli interest for stability that faction does support moderate islamist movements such as the muslim brotherhood in egypt and president morsi...
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it's tuesday november thirteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t. well we begin today with a look at a movement that says it's bailing out the people rather than the big banks we're talking about the occupy wall street movement and yesterday we talked about their new initiative called the rolling jubilee which buys distressed debt in order to forgive it and while those in the movement are often painted as bongo playing hippies are the correspondent on a saucer churkin to take a more nuanced look at those involved. an artist carving out his college debt number and walks over seventy thousand dollars from columbia and for a masters of fine arts and award winning actress teaching a class at the new york film academy what happens when you intensely focus on an object and to form a wall street employee volunteering and post hurricane sandy relief efforts do you know the name of your driver what could they possibly have in common their support for the occupy wall street movement. from day one of occupy the clip the wi
it's tuesday november thirteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t. well we begin today with a look at a movement that says it's bailing out the people rather than the big banks we're talking about the occupy wall street movement and yesterday we talked about their new initiative called the rolling jubilee which buys distressed debt in order to forgive it and while those in the movement are often painted as bongo playing hippies are the correspondent on a...
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complications are a sign of pressure from washington. if this deal head gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people a kind of you know starting a balanced situation of dealing with east and west so to say and that would be healthy for the iraqi people because this is in line with a geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that means that the u.s. are insisting on a monopole in the region it is it is very clear you know it is not mr maliki was calling the shots an iraqi policy is that is the u.s. right now and that they are not able you know to allow a little competition just a little that that is a very sad story for for washington and it doesn't bear good signs for the future. and alice to go get some other stories from around the world. israeli tank fire has killed four palestinians and injured at least thirty six in the gaza strip all of them civilians officials claim the attack comes as a response to militants blowing up an israeli border patrol jeep with an anti-tank m
complications are a sign of pressure from washington. if this deal head gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people a kind of you know starting a balanced situation of dealing with east and west so to say and that would be healthy for the iraqi people because this is in line with a geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that means that the u.s. are insisting on a monopole in the region it is it is very clear you know it is not...
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saying this is what we've been told this is what we've seen and it says that ok washington you can go ahead you can actually said be more aggressive you can go and attack other systems if it means it's going to prevent america from well being the victim to what america's already doing to everyone else so personally i think it's dangerous we've already been warning that ever since we've you know me or may not have launched these attacks and around and perhaps other countries were in danger of copycat attacks you know everyone in the congress close the intelligence community has said that and during today's hearings on the senate senator feinstein i believe actually said that i can't talk about because it's classified but no we are under attack so it's kind of good that they finally put this on paper they've actually outlined how they can proceed but it's just one more step of how the president's going to go ahead cut corners do things without the rest of the legislative body actually ensure him what you say to people who say i'm not doing anything wrong i don't have anything to worry a
saying this is what we've been told this is what we've seen and it says that ok washington you can go ahead you can actually said be more aggressive you can go and attack other systems if it means it's going to prevent america from well being the victim to what america's already doing to everyone else so personally i think it's dangerous we've already been warning that ever since we've you know me or may not have launched these attacks and around and perhaps other countries were in danger of...
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well good evening it's monday november nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching our team let's begin this evening in the middle east where the violence between israel and hamas has intensified with bombs exploding inside of gaza. the latest reports have more than one hundred palestinians and at least three israelis killed over the last six days and much of the world is watching to see if this air war escalates to a ground war president obama was asked about the situation and here's what he said . there's no come through on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders so we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itself from missiles landing on people's homes and workplaces and potentially killing civilians and quite a few people have been watching what's going on and certainly drawing some parallels pointing out the vast similarities with what's happening today with the way it unfolded four years ago similar scenes of tanks of bulldozers in the very same regions not to mention the
well good evening it's monday november nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching our team let's begin this evening in the middle east where the violence between israel and hamas has intensified with bombs exploding inside of gaza. the latest reports have more than one hundred palestinians and at least three israelis killed over the last six days and much of the world is watching to see if this air war escalates to a ground war president obama was asked about the...
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with a sudden backlash in the middle east and back in washington the far east has become yet another source of irritation night i'm announcing the creation of a trade enforcement unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trading practices in countries like china. president obama has been increasingly tough with china and it's not only about enforcement units and lawsuits washington has also been increasing its news or your presence in the pacific we absolutely have to make more progress and that's where we're going to keep on pressing when it comes to the second largest economy in the world in the street which owns a major part of u.s. debt try to forget about this campaign rhetoric for a moment regardless what romney said or brok obama said in the end i think they will adopt this same policy that is engagement and cooperation with china rather. president obama has also been trying to make progress we're not. a member of the u.n. security council russia why meenie has been viewed as the engine behind the reset over relations with moscow but it's still unclear if it actually
with a sudden backlash in the middle east and back in washington the far east has become yet another source of irritation night i'm announcing the creation of a trade enforcement unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trading practices in countries like china. president obama has been increasingly tough with china and it's not only about enforcement units and lawsuits washington has also been increasing its news or your presence in the pacific we absolutely have to make more...